Maesters

This is what we read in The World of Ice and Fire.

Maesters and other scholars alike have puzzled over the greatest of the enigmas of Sothoryos, the ancient city of Yeen.

A ruin older than time, built of oily black stone, in massive blocks so heavy that it would require a dozen elephants to move them.

Yeen has remained a desolation for many thousands of years, yet the jungle that surrounds it on every side has scarce touched it.

He smiles gently and tells her she listens to too many of old Nan's stories.

He relies entirely on the epistemology of the Maesters.

He states, as a matter of historical fact, that the others have been dead for 8,000 years.

Maester Luwin claims they never lived at all.

There coming to us Captain Ferrers, this being the first day of his going abroad since his leap a week ago, which I was greatly glad to see.

By water to the office, and there sat late, Sir George Carteret coming in, who among other things did inquire into the naming of the Maesters for this fleet, and was very angry that they were named as they are, and above all to see the Maester of the Adventure, for whom there is some kind of difference between Sir W. Penn and me turned out, who has been in her list.

The office done, I went with the Comptroller to the coffee house, and there we discourse of this, and I seem to be fond of him, and indeed I find I must carry fair with all as far as I see it safe.

But I have got of him leave to have a little room from his lodgings to my house, of which I am very glad.

hence also therefore telling Bran that perhaps the Night's King shared his name and slept in his bed.

All of which might lead us to dismiss the legend, much like the Maesters did, except that its connection to the others gives us pause for thought, because their legend was also dismissed by the Maesters, and a Stark being Lord Commander of the Night's Watch is eminently believable.

Many have been.

And of course, there is the similarity to the very clearly central Night King on the TV show, and the cleverly worded sort of clarification from George RR Martin.

It's not, like, gonna really change anything markedly for anyone outside of these walls, but, like, he was trained and raised to do that.

He didn't know he would become the Grand Maester and sent to King's Landing.

He could've ended up in a much more humble house, right? So I respect-

Mm

We don't know.

We don't know.

Um, and then of course, like, that the gems are interlaid, right? So, like, I'm not saying he's a sham, I'm not saying he didn't study, but it's interesting because the very Grand Maester of the whole entire joint right now, like, you know, the RFK.

JK, JK.

And so, um, yeah, I don't know what other questions you have.

[laughs] Did Maester Pycelle tell him to open the gates in the play?

I think he op- I think he opened the door.

Yep, okay.

So but-

Did you get a program for yourself? Like, you could look the actor up or something?

M- Mad Master- Maester Pycelle Mad King play actor.

Well, I mean, you can look at, um-